Delhi Elections 2025: BJP claims Arvind Kejriwal house renovation scam; AAP claims voter roll tampering
BJP attacked former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal over the expenditure on the renovation of his official residence while the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) accusing the BJP of surreptitiously trying to delete and add names in Delhi's electoral rolls.
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Addressing a press conference, Delhi chief minister presented data and testimonies, allegedly showing widespread tampering with the voter rolls. The party accused the BJP of «orchestrating the fraud» to influence the elections in the New Delhi constituency, which is represented by Kejriwal since 2013. «Between December 15, 2024, and January 2, 2025, over 10,500 new voter addition applications — amounting to 10% of the constituency's total voter base — were submitted after the ECI's summary voter revision ended,» Atishi alleged.
The chief minister said that simultaneously, 6,167 applications for voter deletions, constituting nearly 5.77% of the electorate, were filed during the same period. «The majority of these applications were fraudulent, with objectors summoned by the ECI denying any involvement,» Atishi said.
The chief minister has written a letter to the ECI highlighting these issues while demanding immediate action, including 100% verification of objectors, house-to-house surveys, public disclosure of applicant details, and
